Archive for March, 2007

The True Colors Conference was great and Tim and I had a blast running our “Adventures in Gay Comics” workshop. Very cool. The class was full and everybody had interesting questions and were totally engaged with the topic.
I hope this will be a regular thing for us as it’s so rewarding for everybody!

On Saturday Tim Fish and I will be doing our “Adventures in Gay Comics” workshop at the True Colors Conference from 1-2:30pm in SC 1849 ROOM at CCSU in New Britain, CT. It’s a gathering in Central Connecticut for and about LGBT youth.

&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I know, another Marc Spitz book. I must admit the cover designs of his books really grabbed my attention and the stories are great too. This one is about a middle-aged drummer whose high school band reforms and is catapulted into instant fame via a teenage blogger. It follows their rise and fall in the music industry. Just great. His music background as a Spin journalist really informs his writing and it’s all pretty believeable considering how popular blogs and bloggers are now.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

I know, another Marc Spitz book. I must admit the cover designs of his books really grabbed my attention and the stories are great too. This one is about a middle-aged drummer whose high school band reforms and is catapulted into instant fame via a teenage blogger. It follows their rise and fall in the music industry. Just great. His music background as a Spin journalist really informs his writing and it’s all prettyÂ believeable considering how popular blogs and bloggers are now.

&lt;p&gt;I absoluteley adore this book! I’m definitely in the camp that is more of an Aline fan than an R. Crumb fan. this book is loaded with comics, paintings, photos, and autobiographical musings by Aline. I thought it was beautiful, fascinating, and juicy. Highly recommended.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

I absoluteley adore this book! I’m definitely in the camp that is more of an Aline fan than an R. Crumb fan. This hefty book is loaded with amazing comics, paintings, photos, and autobiographical musings by Aline. I thought it was beautiful, fascinating, and juicy. Highly recommended.

I just got home from the Small Press Center event at Mo Pitkin’s which went great and was very well attended despite the snow storm. Yay for literature fans! I was the only graphic novelist in attendance and though I didn’t know anybody there I got a very good response. One kind attendee asked me if I was always so “joyful and rebellious” and I think that is a great description of my style. It was neat to try out my stuff with a new non-comic-specific crowd. There were 31 writers doing 5 minute readings so it was a real marathon!

For more information contact the Small Press Center : 212.764.7021 or visit www.smallpressmonth.org and click on the Events section.

*Small Press Month is a nationwide initiative co-sponsored by the Small Press Center : The Center for Independent Publishing; the CLMP, (The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses); and PMA, The Independent Book Publishers Association.

I’m super-excited to announce the long-awaited (by me anyway!) collaboration between myself and Chynna Clugston on a Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi story is here! Go to your comic shop and DEMAND Cartoon Network Block Party #30! That is all.